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Homerun Resources Inc. and UC Davis Produce Fused Silica Glass from SME Silica Sand Using Fast Joule Heating and File Patent Application for Femtosecond Silica Purification Process
Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 10, 2026) - Homerun Resources Inc. (TSXV: H...
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[{"type":"text","content":"Homerun Resources Inc. and UC Davis Produce Fused Silica Glass from SME Silica Sand Using Fast Joule Heating and File Patent Application for Femtosecond Silica Purification ProcessVancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - March 10, 2026) - Homerun Resources Inc. (TSXV: HMR) (OTCQB: HMRFF) (\"Homerun\" or the \"Company\") is pleased to announce that researchers at the University of California, Davis (\"UC Davis\"), in collaboration with Homerun, have successfully produced fused silica glass from raw silica sand using a one-step thermoelectric Fast Joule Heating (\"FJH\") process. These tests demonstrate, at bench scale, that silica from Homerun's Santa Maria Eterna (SME) Silica Sand Project can be converted directly into fused silica glass without chemical reagents, supporting the Company's strategy to supply high-value advanced materials markets.Building upon the prior test work completed by independent materials consultancy Dorfner Anzaplan (see news release), which confirmed that the raw SME silica sand is suitable as feedstock for fused silica production using conventional multi-step processing methods, Homerun and UC Davis specifically set out to evaluate whether that same material could be processed to fused silica glass using new, more efficient one-step thermoelectric processing techniques. The UC Davis testing has now produced fused silica glass. The issue confronting wider adoption of high-purity fused silica across high volume traditional and novel end-uses is the limited supply and high price due to the cost of conventional processing techniques.Figure 1. Image of the flash-joule heating process and setup. A conductive material (here carbon black) is sandwiched between graphite plugs and undergo a rapid heating process as a charged voltage is released from the capacitor. This entire setup is enclosed within a vacuum-sealed chamber, which can be purged and filled with various gases to enable controlled atmospheric environments.To view an enhanced version of this graphic, please visit:https://images.newsfilecorp.com/files/4082/287929_657bcb83d4b91916_001full.jpgSubhash Risbud, Director of the Risbud Research Group at UC Davis, stated, \"Critical to the success of our FJH process was incorporating a conductive medium for the current to flow while yet keeping the silica powder separated. Thus, we developed ...